Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18
Mysterious Case.
MURDERED MAN PERscNATED BY Els SUPPOSED

Mysterious Case.
A MURDERED NAN PERscNATED BY Els SUPPOSED
NUnDERsR.
A curious case has been pulling the police of
ST. Louis. Two weeks ago Nicholas Brandt, OF
Shelbina NO., left his home to attend to financial
business in St. Louis He was not heard from
afterward, and for several days the police have
been searching the city for traces Of him Two
days ago F. C. Mitch OF Shelbina received letter
purportlng 10 have been written b. Brand, In
closing check for Sl50, which he desired casned
and the money sent W y certain house in ST. Louis.
The police went TO the house and earned that q
Wted for Sin anu w Wys sUPsg 'neie ,sn Msy
that he did not NIL the description OF the missing
man The stranger was arrested, and then It was
discovered that he had been persondting Brandt
In several business houses where the missing man
W IS known only by reputation. The cheek Was
genuine. aud the impression was that Brandt had
papers belonging 20 Brandt was found in the
Stranger Possession. The prisoner sand his ri hit
name was D.etrfcn, and that Brandt loaned him
the property. He did not know where Brandt Was
The vody OF Brandt was found in well We'd
nesddy night on the outskirts OF Shel0lna. The
appearance or the body Indicates that Brandt
was muruered and ROBBED. The man Dietrich
who Is under arrest for per5onating him. was one
OIL the last persons seen win the merchant.
For JOINT ACTION AMONG MINEgs.-A Columbus
Dispatch says: Representatives or the National
Federation u Miners and Knights OF Labor have
agreed TO issue circular 10 the miners employing
plan by wnicn O0tn bodies may work in haI-
mony. The circular suggests a convention at
Plttsburg in February just before the Joint meet
Ing OF miners and Operators, and the executive
oJard5 OF o0tn organizations Will meet three iys
before that convention To take joint ON the
oa'siS OIL the sale OF prices ior tine next year.
COTTON WORTH $3.50, 900 BUEsED.-The most dis
aStr0uS lire that ever visited Memphis occurred
last nignt AMI resulted 10 the complete des. rue
lion OF 1900 bales Of cotton and com presses Nos
aud or the Merchants Cotton Compress and
StOrag' Company. The cotton destroyed Was
Principally lor EXPORT. was valued at sd3o'ooo.
Nor LUSAcY But LAzISEss--A special from Wood
stock, Va, ~ the BalIi.nore american says: Vim.
Jones. after several montns confine .nent In the
western Lunatic Asylum at sJaulton, has been
louni 10 be sane The superintendent, IL Is under
stood, says there is notnlny the matter with him
he IL the man whom Senator Riddleberger was
defending when he was sent tali u August for
contempt OF court. Jones was charged Win steal
ing some rails, and was acquitted He was then
arrested, examined, and sent TO the asylum as In
sane.
The ALEsIAs PASSENGERS LASDING.-At Castle
Garden, New York, last evening, 2u5 OF the Italian
mmo lave oee 50 ons imPrsonei In
from the passengers OF the steamship Alesla.
Ihree hundred OF the pas ,engers on That ship are
Sill on the packet Washington. watch has been
Used as an intermediate quarantine station. They
were not allowed 10 bring any clothing with them
70 Castle Garden, except what they had on their
backs The remaining 800 PASSENGERS Of the
Aie'ia at quarantine wal be landed to-day.
iSocuLArroS YoR YELLOW FEvEK-Dr g. C.
NecncZ dc Sillavcencla, a weiI-knoGn New Or
leans Physician. arrived IN New York on Noven-
Der on MS way home from Paris, where he has
been studying the methods OF Pasteur In inocuat-
Ing for the cure OF hydrophooil. lie Is an expert
| In yellow fever cases and Is an enthusiast upon
told reporter that Dr. FreiIie OF Rio Janeiro had
successfully inocuiatet 1000 people for the pre-
vrntion or yellow lever, and that the methods
pursued 6y DIS. Carmona, OF Mexico, aud Meyrig-
nae, or Panama were equally successful The
doctor Is goinS to try 10 establish a hospital IN
New Orleans for the treatment OF hydrophoDia by
Pasteurs method. and Of yellow fever Dy Freirie's
An ANARCHISTS ORGAN ON THE EXECUTIONS
DAY the Chicago Alarm, o, which Parsons. the
time since the execution. The leading article
written by Dyer ID. Lum. the Successor Of Parsons
says: THE former editor OF the Alarm has been
strangled TO death by the state. The seal legal
dlsapproSai has been placed upon Tree speech
nsneeiorth worklngmen ana women must Keep
! down Tor them Relief may be asked, parties may
De- organized. but opposition 10 the source Of in
changes frustrated and parties handicapped, is
henceiOrth throiIled. Even the Marselaisc 4, Tor
70 , pe saSg al iestya Law the a1asr Of
all voluntary Cooperation, stands grim an red
| handed over US The duty OF the hour Is now TO
wage the battle for free pre- 3"
STRIKING SnoENAKERs GIVE UP.-A large number
OF tne striking Philadelphia shoemakers returned
70 WORK Yesterday at the Various factories, and II
| Is tnought BY Monday next near.y all OF the 5000
strikers Will have resumed their positions, notwth-
| standing the order OF District Assembly No. 40.
| hnghts OF Labor, that they should remain out.
AZ meeting yesterday morning OF the employees
OF one OF the large factories Il was decided by a
vote OF ITO out OF total attendance OF 115 70
| turh 10 work at once In q body. similar action
was taken by the employees o. other factories.
| SALE OF WEST VIRGINIA RArLRoAD.-A special
| from harrisburg, WA, 70 the Baltimore Anse,i.
eea siys; The aartinsoury and Potomac Railroad
| valley Railroad Tor $4,000. The latter company
oouynt u AZ their own ngure, there being no other
bidders. BY the Cumberland Valley Railroad So
curng absolute control or this end OF the line Il
VIII imm dlateiy begin the construction OF q road
rom TINS 20 mt 70 Winchester, Va, and expects V
secare irym that point direct coa6ectson with Jha